Bouquet-holder.



m; 534,5l1. Patented 051.10, 1899.

N. M WORLEY. BOUQUET HOLDER. (Applicntikm filed July 10, 1899.)

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NATHAN n. woRLEY, or vidron, COLORADO.

.BOUQUET-HOLDE'R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 634,517, dated October 10, 1899.

Application file July 1Q, 1899. Serial No. 723,364.

To ctZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHAN M. WonLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Victor, in the county of Teller and State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Bouquet-Holder, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to bouquet-holders of that class which are to the lapel of a coat or other part of the clothing, and has for its object to provide improved means for supporting the bouquet in the holder, which will permit of the ready insertion and removal of the bouquet.

To these ends the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion, size, and the minor details of construction may be made within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the present invention.

In the drawings, Figural is a perspective view of the improved bouquet-holder. Fig. 2

' is a longitudinal sectional view thereof. Fig. 3

is a detail perspective view of the spring-clamp for supporting the bouquetupon the holder. Fig. 4 is an enlarged transverse sectional view taken on the line so a: of Fig. 2.

Corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings are designated by like characters of reference.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates the body of the holder and is of substantially conical form, having the apex or pointed end normally extending downward. The back 2 of the holder is preferably flattened, as best shown in Fig. 4, extended above the top of the body, as at 3, and provided with opposite side flanges 4, which are continuations of the sides of the body, but are narrower than the latter. Near the upper end of the back there is provided an inwardlydisposed' depression 5, which forms a transverse stop-shoulder 6. Connected to the back of the holder is a' substantially. L'- shaped stick-pin 7 having the end of its transverse adapted to be fastened (No model.)

head 8 soldered or'otherwise connected to the depressed portion of the back and against the stop-shoulder 6, thereby forming a rigid and durable connection between the pin and the body of the holder.

Located within the h lder is a sprin g-clamp 9, formed from a single blank of spring metal and co[uprisingasubstantially straight shank having a transverse jaw 10 at its upper end. The lower end of the shank extends through a suitable opening formed in the lower pointed end of the body and is provided with a transverse bend or flange 11, which engages across the outer lower 'end of the body and serves to hold the shank in position. The transverse jaw 10 of the flanges 4, adjacent to the upper edge of the body, and projects at opposite sides of said flanges, so as to afiord a finger-piece for the operation of the spring-clamp.

To apply the bouquet to the holder the opposite transverse edges of the jaw 10 are held between the thumb and forefinger and moved outwardly away from the flanges 4,after which the stem of the bouquet is inserted into the body of the holder between the spring-clamp and the back 2, after which the jaw is released and the latter springs into engagement with the stems of the flowers and clamps the same between the back of the holder and the opposite flanges 4:.

Fromvtheflforegoing description it will be apparent that the present device provides an exceedingly strong and durable bouquetholder, as the spring-clamp is the only movablev part thereof and iseffectively housed by the body of the holder, and thereby protected against being accidentally broken or displaced.

What I claim isl. A bouquet-holder, comprising a hollow body having an open upper end, and a springclamp housed within the body and having its free end projecting outwardly beyond the open end of the body, substantially as shown and described.

2. A bouquet-holder, comprising a hollow body having an open upper end, and provided with an extension projecting beyond normally rests against the front edges the open end thereof, and a spring-clamp' housed within the body, and having its free end projecting outwardly beyond the open 5. A bouquet-ho1der, comprising a hollow 25 end thereof and engaging with the extension, body having an opening formed through the substantially as shown and described. lower end thereof, and a spring-cla1np,hav- A bouquet-holder, comprising a hollow ing a shank housed Within the body, the lower 5 body having an open upper end, an extenend of the shank projecting through the opension projecting beyond the open end of the ing in the body, and provided with a trans- 3o bodyand provided Withopposite longitudinal verse bend or flange engaging across said flanges, andaspring-clamp housed within the lower end, substantially as shown and debody, the free end of the clamp projecting scribed.

1o outwardly beyond the open end of the body 6. A bouquet-holder, comprising a body and provided with atransverse jaw engaging having a transverse shoulder provided upon 35 with the opposite flanges, substantially as thebaok thereof,andasubstantially L-shapedshown and described. stick-pin having the free end of its transverse t. A bouquet-holder, comprising a hollow head connected to the back and against the I 5 body having, an open upper end, an extenshoulder thereof, substantially as shown and sion projecting beyond the open end of the described. Y b0dy ,and provided with opposite longitudinal In testimony that I claim the foregoing as flanges, and a spring-clamp housed within the my own I have hereto affixed my signature in body, the free end of the clamp projecting the presence of two witnesses.

20 outwardly beyond the open end of the body 7 T T and provided with a transverse jaw project NATHAN ORLEX' i n g at opposite sides of the clamp and also ex- \Vitnesses: tending laterally beyond the opposite flanges, W". W. FERGUSON,

substantially as and for the purpose set forth. JOHN lYIEANY. 

